New Jersey Statutes 26:8-24.3. Means of accessing NJ-EDRS; requirements
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:8-24.3
- NJ-EDRS: is a n electronic registration system for completing a certification of death or fetal death record that is authorized, designed and maintained by the State registrar. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- registrar: means the local registrar of vital statistics of any district. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State registrar: means the State registrar of vital statistics. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
18. The Chief State Medical Examiner, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or his designee, county or intercounty medical examiners, licensed health care facilities, other public or private institutions providing medical care, treatment or confinement to persons, funeral homes and physicians’ private practice offices, as defined by the State registrar, shall acquire the electronic means prescribed by the State registrar to access the NJ-EDRS, or make such other arrangements as are necessary for that purpose, no later than six months after the date of enactment of P.L.2003, c.221.
The Chief State Medical Examiner, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or his designee, and each county or intercounty medical examiner, health care facility, institution, funeral home or physician’s office shall employ at least one person who is qualified to use the NJ-EDRS, and is registered with the State registrar as an authorized user of the system, by virtue of completing a course of instruction on the NJ-EDRS provided by the State registrar or an authorized agent thereof, or satisfying such other requirements as may be established by the State registrar for this purpose.
L.2003, c.221, s.18; amended 2013, c.274, s.3; 2018, c.62, s.32.